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Angus McCullough KC KC

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Position

Angus McCullough KC has extensive experience in matters of public and private law on behalf of individuals, private bodies, Government departments, and other public bodies. He has been appointed to act as amicus curiae (advocate to the court) on many occasions, including in the phone hacking trial of R v Rebekah Brooks et al and committal proceedings against Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson). He has appeared in the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court, as well as representing the UK Government at the UN in Geneva and in European Court of Human Rights in proceedings in Strasbourg. He has acted in 9 cases before the House of Lords / Privy Council / Supreme Court.

He conducts medical claims of the highest value and complexity for both claimants and defendants. He won the Chambers and Partners award for personal injury and clinical negligence barrister of the year 2009, took silk in 2010, and medical law remains a major specialism. Angus is available to act as a mediator in personal injury and clinical negligence disputes, bringing his extensive experience acting for both sides in the field to facilitate resolution. He also advises and appears in regulatory and disciplinary matters.

Angus has been appointed as the special advocate in some of the most high profile cases of recent years in the field of national security, and has been active in promoting understanding and debate in relation to closed material procedures.

Career

Call: 1990; KC: 2010; Middle Temple (Harmsworth Entrance Exhibitioner 1989, Bencher 2016); Inns of Court Studentship 1989; Panel of counsel to the Crown (common law) 1997-2010, ‘A’ List 2002-2010; Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland.

Languages

Chibemba, French.

Memberships

Administrative Law Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; Personal Injury Bar Association; United Kingdom Environmental Law Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.

Education

Pembroke College, Oxford (MA, Zoology); Inns of Court School of Law.

Leisure

Worked as a safari guide in Zambia; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; former Trustee of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature; Trustee of the Kasanka Trust; Trustee of the Barristers Benevolent Association; former Trustee of Buglife, the Invertebrate Conservation Trust; Fellow and former Council Member of the Linnean Society; co-author of various papers on hoverflies and butterflies.